Disaster struck for Bagnaia just as he looked to have finally got the better of Sprint winner 🎃and title rival Jorge Martin, losing ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe front of his factory Ducati at Turn 5 on lap 14 of 21.

Visibly frustrated as he walked aw൩ay, Bagnaia had been the only rider to use the hard rather than med🔴ium front tyre.

“We accepted the risk to race with the harder compound because with the medium front tyre, we don't know honestly why, but I was not feeling 🅰like all the other Ducatis,” Bagnaia told MotoGP.com.

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“I was struggling a lot. I was having a lot of front locking and it was a problem for the race ꧑because we wanted to fight, to be in the front and wi𝔍th the medium I was not having that possibility.

“So we accepted the risk to race with other [hard] one. And until that moment, I was feeling great. My bike was shaking like all the weekenဣd. We never found a solution for that, but we were𒅌 more competitive and I was fighting against Jorge. That was very important.

“But when I o💛vertook him, I got to corner 5 and as soon as the rear tyre came back from the slide, it pushed a bit the front tyre and I lost it. But [the hard front] was the only possibility to fight against them. And like I said, we accepted the risk.

“My mistake. I already said sorry to the team. It was important absolutely to finish the race. Also, considering what happened after my crash. But it💙's something that can happen when you are too on the limit.”

Bagnaia: 'Something strange is happening'

Bagnaia then revealed that his usual braking strength has 💫been strangely missing since Misano, forcing him toౠ ride more on the limit just to keep up.

“We already know something is happening on our bike because my strongest point was always the braking and it’s not my strongest point anymore,” he said. “I'm struggling a lot there. My bike is ൩shaking too much and something strange is happening.

“I'm not worried because I🥃 know that my team will find a solution. We already spoke yesterday night and it was impossible to find it for todaꦇy. But we know where to concentrate to understand the problem.

“So forꦫ Japan we will wor♏k, we will understand it and we will solve it.”

Finding a solution will be crucial with the reigning champion’s fifth race fall o🔯f the season having big consequences for his title lead, which has been slashed to just 13 points with seven rounds remainin♒g.

Martin has now taken points off Bagnaia at the last five races but it could have been worse, with Marco Bezzecchi’s runaway victory denying the Pram🌜ac rider the full 25 p💫oints on offer.

“We never give up and we will fight back because we want this championship like always,” Bagnaia said. “We want to win and our positions is at the top. So we want to be back 𓆏there.”

Meanwhile, an exhausted Martin was lucky to keep second place after a last-lap scare with Fabio Qua🤡rtararo.

Asked if he felt Martin should have♎ had a penalty for having his leathers unzipped during the race, Bagnaia replied: “I'm not the guy to ask. I don't know what normally happens with these kind of things. For sure it was not safety, but I don't know.”